Why Is Conducting Research in Social Psychology So Challenging

question 183

Multiple Choice

Why is conducting research in social psychology so challenging?

• A) Research rarely allows social psychologists to draw conclusions about behavior.
• B) Psychologists cannot study common sense because it is rarely expressed in an observable behavior.
• C) Research in social psychology relies on self-report data, which is inherently inaccurate.
• D) Psychologists are attempting to predict the behavior of highly sophisticated organisms in complex situations.

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